Heaviness regarding Christian Science practice replaced with buoyancy

In January, while grateful for the healings in my practice, I was really feeling the weight from some patients’ healings that were not quick, and my thinking was affecting my own relationship with God and quality of study. Diligently studying Jesus’ healings and praying, recognizing that God was the healer, but frankly the mist hadn’t cleared.  The end of the month as I got on a plane to support a close relative, I asked God to also support and strengthen me. 

The plane was no frills, and full. I was looking forward to several hours of uninterrupted study. Sitting near the very back, soon after the flight began, I started to feel very ill. Clearly the young man in my row was also, suddenly, not feeling at all well, as he needed to make continual trips to the restroom. Unable to study I just reached out to Father, Mother God.  The comforting words of Hymn 144 came to mind especially: “In atmosphere of Love divine,/We live, and move, and breathe;/...For God, immortal Principle/Is with us everywhere; He holds us perfect in His love, And we His image bear.”

I clung to fact that God was holding all of us – including the two of us in the back row, perfect and perfectly as His children – and also expanding my sense of God’s care, using the synonyms.  I don’t know how long it took, but my seatmate didn’t need to get up again. By the end of the flight, both of us were again feeling fine. And I felt so grateful, so much lighter, more expectant, and closer to God!

That Sunday I went with the family member to the Christian Science church he attends. Though small, it was filled with spirit and love.  Near the beginning of the Lesson-Sermon, the First Reader collapsed, hitting the Second Reader on the way down. No one panicked.

Several of us, went up. “God is your life and Life is the law of your being,” was spoken quietly and firmly (although we didn’t know the microphone carried it to the congregation). The Reader came to, was held, prayer continued, and after a few minutes was able to be helped to her room just back of the platform.   

Prayerful treatment was continued.  A former first reader naturally took her place while she was being cared for. A few minutes later the Second Reader, who had been shaken, needed to sit down to listen. The congregation’s deep prayer and God’s support was felt throughout this time. The Reader, who had stepped in, apparently completed both First and Second Reader’s citations. The Second Reader was able to stand for the last hymn.

Within fifteen minutes or so after the service, both First and Second Reader were feeling much better, able to walk freely, and be taken home.  We had lunch with a number of members after. Rather than fear or panic, or too much talk or attention to what happened, there was just a lovely natural sense of gratitude for the quick healing and provision – the power of church and acceptance of the natural expectancy of healing. 

A week or so later I received a joyful email from the First Reader telling me that all was well. These quick experiences of healings in church had encouraged them all. Although their Wednesday evening meeting had been cancelled due to a snow storm, she was free and had been able to read the next Sunday, something that had reassured and impressed their organist, who was not a church member.

These healings reinforced again the reassuring fact that “with God all things are possible”, replaced the heaviness with buoyancy, and left us and the congregation with a deeper glimpse of the healing power of church! And better prepared to face the current challenges.

What an amazing God we have!